For the first time all season long, the monsters of Monarch have stolen main-character status from the human beings. Featuring a big appearance by Godzilla himself, some impressively disgusting egg-laying visuals, and a recognizable emotional plight for Titan X to endure, this week’s episode shifts the focus from star-crossed romance to, well, monsters punching each other. In that respect, it’s a fun one.
True, the broad-daylight lighting conditions of the Australian shore — which has more blue sky, yellow sand, and big closeups on striking faces than a Vince Gilligan show — make for the occasional janky visual when the big green guy comes ashore to fight Titan X. But if you’re a Godzilla fan, you’ve seen worse, and once the beasts really lock up, everything looks great. By the time the King of the Monsters powered up and burned Cliff Curtis’s short-lived slimebag character Trissop to death, I
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